[Ord. 435, 3/17/1999, § 201]
No user shall contribute or cause to be contributed, directly
or indirectly, any pollutant or wastewater which will pass through
or interfere with the operation or performance of the POTW. These
general prohibitions apply to all users of a POTW, whether or not
the user is subject to Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards
or any other federal, state or local pretreatment standards or requirements.
A user may not contribute the following substances to the POTW:
A. Any liquids, solids or gases which by reason of their nature or quantity
are, or may be sufficient either alone or by interaction with other
substances to cause fire or explosion, or be injurious in any other
way to the POTW or to the operation of the POTW including, but not
limited to, waste streams with a closed-cup flashpoint of less than
140° F. or 60° C. using the test methods specified in 40 CFR
361.21. At no time shall two successive readings on an explosion hazard
meter at the point of discharge into the system (or at any point in
the system) be more than 5%, nor any single reading over 10% of the
lower explosive limit (LEL) of the meter. Prohibited materials include,
but are not limited, gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, benzene, toluene,
xylene, ethers, alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, peroxides, chlorates,
perchlorates, bromates, carbides, hydrides and sulfides and any other
substance which is a fire hazard or a hazard to the system.
B. Solid or viscous substances which may cause obstruction to the flow
in a sewer or other interferences with the operation of the wastewater
treatment facilities, such as, but not limited to, grease, garbage
with particles greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension, animal guts
or tissues, paunch manure, bones, hair hides or flashings, entrails,
whole blood, feathers, ashes, cinders, sand, spent lime, stone or
wastepaper, wood, plastics, gas, tar, asphalt residues, residues from
refining or processing of fuel or lubricating oil, mud, glass grinding
or polishing wastes, straw, shavings, metal, rags and paper products
other than toilet tissue.
C. Grease, oil or sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion
of the Superintendent and/or Borough or DTMA, they are necessary for
the proper handling of liquid wastes containing floatable grease in
such amounts as to cause obstruction to the flow in a sewer or other
interference with the operation of the wastewater treatment facilities,
or any flammable wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients; except
such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters
or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity
approved by the Superintendent and/or the Borough or DTMA, and shall
be located as to be readily and easily accessible for and inspection.
In the maintaining of these interceptors, the owner(s) shall be responsible
for the proper removal and disposal by appropriate means of the captured
material and shall maintain records of the dates and means of disposal
which are subject to review by the Superintendent and/or the Borough
or DTMA. Any removal and hauling of the collected materials not performed
by owner's (owners') personnel must be performed by currently
licensed waste disposal firms.
D. Petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oil or products of mineral
origin in amounts that will cause interference or pass through. In
any case, wastewater shall not contain more than 100 ppm by weight
of fats, oils and grease.
E. Any wastewater having a pH less than six or greater than nine, unless
the POTW is specifically designed to accommodate such wastewater,
or wastewater having any other corrosive property capable of causing
damage or hazard to structure, equipment and/or personnel of the POTW.
F. Any wastewater containing toxic pollutants in sufficient quantity,
either singly or by interaction with other pollutants, to injure,
to interfere with any wastewater treatment process, constitute a hazard
to humans and animals, create a toxic effect in the receiving waters
or the POTW or to exceed the limitations set forth in a Federal Categorical
Pretreatment Standard. A toxic pollutant shall include, but not be
limited to, any pollutant identified pursuant to § 307(a)
of the Act.
G. Any noxious or malodorous liquids, gases or solids which either singly
or by interaction with other wastes are sufficient to create a public
nuisance or hazard to life, or are sufficient to prevent entry into
the sewers for maintenance or repair.
H. Any substance which may cause the POT's effluent or any other
product of the POTW, such as residues, sludges or scums to be unsuitable
for reclamation or reuse or to interfere with the reclamation process.
In no case shall a substance discharged to the POTW cause the POTW
to be in noncompliance with sludge use or disposal criteria, guidelines,
or regulations developed in § 405 of the Act; or any criteria,
guidelines or regulations affecting sludge use or disposal developed
pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Clean Air Act, the Toxic
Substance Control Act or state criteria applicable to the sludge management
method being used.
I. Any substance which will pass through and as a result cause the POTW
to violate its NPDES permit or the receiving water quality standards.
J. Any wastewater with objectionable color which may result in interference
or pass through the treatment process such as, but not limited to,
dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions.
K. Any wastewater having a temperature which will inhibit biological
activity in the POTW treatment plant resulting in interference, but
in no case wastewater with a temperature that exceeds 65° C. (150°
F.) or that is sufficient enough to increase the temperature of the
treatment plant effluent above 40° C. (104° F.).
L. Any pollutant, including oxygen demanding pollutants (BOD, etc.),
released at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration which cause
interference to the POTW. In no case shall a waste load have a flow
rate or contain concentrations or qualities of pollutants that exceed
for any time period longer than 15 minutes, more than five times the
average twenty-four-hour concentration, quantities or flow during
normal operations unless otherwise authorized in writing by the Superintendent
and/or Borough and/or DTMA.
M. Any wastewater containing any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such
half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the
Superintendent and/or the Borough or DTMA in compliance with applicable
state or federal regulations.
N. Any wastewater which causes a hazard to human life or creates a public
nuisance.
O. No user shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, swimming
pool drainage, cooling water, unpolluted industrial or nonresidential
process water. The discharge of cooling water from air-conditioning
units with cooling towers or recirculating systems or from air-conditioning
units using flow-through or unrecirculating systems is prohibited.
The sanitary sewers are not designed to handle the cooling water volumes
produced by air-conditioning units. Cooling water free from bacteria
and harmful chemicals should be drained into storm sewers in accordance
with state and federal requirements. When the Borough or DTMA determines
that a user is contributing to the POTW any of the above enumerated
substances in such amounts as interfere with the operation of the
POTW, the Borough or DTMA shall advise the user of the impact of the
contribution on the POTW and develop effluent limitations for such
user to correct the interference with the POTW.
[Ord. 435, 3/17/1999, § 202]
1. It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to
be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property
with the Township or Township Authority in any area under the jurisdiction
of said Township any human or animal excrement, garbage or objectionable
waste.
2. It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the
Township or under the jurisdiction of the Township or Township Authority
any wastewater, except where suitable treatment has been provided
in accordance with subsequent provisions of this Part.
3. The owner(s) of all houses, buildings or properties used for human
occupancy, employment, business, industry or other purposes situated
within the Township and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way
in which there is not located or may in the future be located a POTW
of the Borough or DTMA, is hereby required at the owner's (owners')
expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein and to connect
such facilities directly with the POTW in accordance with the provisions
of this Part within 90 days after date of official notice to do so;
provided, that said POTW is within 150 feet of the property line.
[Ord. 435, 3/17/1999, § 203]
1. No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connection with or opening into, use, alter or disturb the POTW or any appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written wastewater discharge permit from the Superintendent and/or Borough DTMA as set forth in §
18-114 of this Part, as applicable.
2. There shall be two classes of wastewater discharge permits: (a) general
permit for commercial and nonsignificant industrial discharges; and
(b) significant industrial user permit for significant industrial
discharges. In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application
on a special form furnished by the Borough or DTMA. The permit application
shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information
considered pertinent in the judgment of the Superintendent and/or
Borough or DTMA. All wastewater discharge permit applications shall
be reviewed and approved in writing by the Borough or DTMA prior to
permit issuance. Permit and inspection fees for wastewater discharge
permits shall be paid to the Borough or DTMA at the time the wastewater
discharge permit is issued. Permit and inspection fees for wastewater
discharge permits shall be in such amounts as may be established from
time to time by the Borough or DTMA.
3. All costs and expenses incidental to the installation, connection
and maintenance of the building sewer shall be borne by the building
owner(s). The building owner(s) shall indemnify the Township and/or
Township Authority from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly
be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
4. A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every
building.
5. Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings
only when they are found, on examination and tested by the Township
or Township Authority, to meet all requirements of this Part.
6. The size, slope, alignment, materials or construction of a building
sewer, and the methods used in excavating, placing of the pipe, joint
testing and backfilling the trench shall all conform to the requirements
of the building and plumbing code or other applicable ordinances of
the Township. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification
thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications
of the ASTM and SPCF Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
7. Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building
at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which
any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the POTW,
wastewater carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved
means and discharged to the building sewer.
8. Floor drains, appliance connections and sewer connections below first-floor
level may be attached to the Township sewer system only if the owner
shall maintain a permanent water seal in the traps and provide same
with a check or back-water valve and, further, even if said sewer
drain is provided with a permanent water seal in the trap and a check
or back-water valve, that the Township or Township Authority will
not be responsible for any damages caused by the flooding or stoppage
of said sewers into the basement where said drain or sewer connection
is made.
9. No person shall make connection of sump pumps, roof downspouts, foundation
drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater
to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly
or indirectly to the POTW.
10. The connection of the building sewer into the POTW shall conform
to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable
rules and regulations set forth in appropriate specifications of the
ASTM and the WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall
be made gastight and watertight and verified by proper testing. Any
deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved
by the Township before installation.
11. When required by the Superintendent and/or Borough or DTMA, any person
discharging to the sewer system any industrial wastes or combined
industrial wastes and combined industrial wastes and sanitary sewage
shall install a suitable manhole or manholes or metering chamber on
his connecting sewer or sewers or facilitate observation, sampling
and measurement of the combined flow of wastes from his premises.
Such manhole or manholes or metering chamber shall be accessible and
safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved
by the Borough or DTMA or their designated representative. The manhole
or metering chamber shall be installed by such person at his expense
and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe and accessible to
the Township Authority, Borough, or DTMA or their designated representative
at all times. The construction and maintenance of such manhole or
metering chamber shall be mandatory for significant industrial users
and if deemed necessary by the Borough or DTMA, flows from such manhole
or metering chamber shall be continuously monitored, transmitted recorded
by means of an approved receiving device.
12. The applicant for the wastewater discharge permit shall notify the
Township Authority when the building sewer is ready for inspection
and connection to the POTW. The connection to the POTW and testing
shall be made under the supervision of the Township or its representative.
13. All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately
guarded with barricades and light, so as to protect the public from
hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed
in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory
to the Township Authority.
14. No excavation, construction or connection work shall be commenced
within a Township right-of-way until the owner, his agents and/or
independent contractor shall have first filed a bond in double the
amount of the cost of the work to be performed as determined by the
Township or Township Authority, agreeing to indemnify and save harmless
the Township and Township Authority against any and all loss, damages,
costs and expenses which the Township or Township Authority may thereafter
suffer, incur, be put to or pay by reason of the failure to complete
properly any of the aforesaid excavation, construction or connection
work. The term "owner" as used herein, shall be deemed to include
the owner or owners in fee simple, lessees of the premises, occupiers
of the premises and all other parties having a beneficial use or interest
in the premises and occupying the same with the consent and permission
of the owner of the fee title.
[Ord. 435, 3/17/1999, § 204]
Upon promulgation of the Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards
under § 307 of the Clean Water Act for a particular industrial
subcategory, the categorical standard, if more stringent than limitations
imposed under this Part for sources in that subcategory, shall supersede
the limitations imposed by the Borough, DMTA or Authority. The Borough
or DMTA shall notify all affected significant industrial users of
the applicable requirements thereof including IUs subject to Federal
Categorical Pretreatment Standards shall comply with all of these
requirements, including the reporting requirements of 40 CFR 403.12.
[Ord. 435, 3/17/1999, § 206]
Specific pollutant limitations (local limits) shall be developed
by the Boroughs and the DTMA. No user shall discharge wastewater to
the POTW in excess of the POTW's local limitations.
[Ord. 435, 3/17/1999, § 207]
State requirements and limitations on discharges apply in any
case where they are more stringent than federal requirements and limitations
or those in this Part.
[Ord. 435, 3/17/1999, § 209]
No user shall ever increase the use of process water or in any
way attempt to dilute a discharge as a partial or complete substitute
for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with the limitations
contained in the Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards or with
any other pollutant-specific limitation developed by the state or
federal agencies.
[Ord. 435, 3/17/1999, § 210]
Each user shall provide protection from accidental discharges
of prohibited materials or other substances regulated by this Part.
Facilities to prevent accidental discharges of prohibited materials
shall be provided and maintained at the owner or user's own cost
and expenses. Detailed plans showing facilities and operating procedures
to provide this protection shall be submitted to the Borough or DTMA
for review and shall be approved by the Borough or DTMA before construction
of the facility. All existing users shall complete such a plan when
designated by the Borough or DTMA. No user who commences contribution
to the POTW after the effective date of this Part shall be permitted
to introduce pollutants into the system until the accidental discharge
procedures have been approved by the Borough or DTMA. Review and approval
of such plans and operating procedures shall not relieve the user
from the responsibility to modify its facility, as necessary, to meet
the requirements of this Part. In the case of an accidental discharge,
it is the responsibility of the user to immediately telephone and
notify the POTW and Township of the incident. The notification shall
include location of discharge, type of waste, concentration and volume
and corrective action. If an accidental or slug loading causes a situation
which results in extra expense for the Boroughs or DTMA, the responsible
user shall reimburse the Boroughs or DTMA for as much extra expense.
Such situations include, but are not limited to, causing an obstruction
or damage to any part of the treatment system, causing a violation
of applicable governmental law or regulation which results in a fine
imposed on the Borough, or DTMA and any other damage to person, property,
animals, fish or the receiving waters of the treatment system.
[Ord. 435, 3/17/1999, § 211]
Within five days following an accidental discharge, the user
shall submit to the Borough, DTMA and Township a detailed written
report describing the cause of the discharge and the measures to be
taken by the user to mitigate and prevent any expense, loss, damage
or other liability which may be incurred as a result of damage to
the POTW or aquatic life or any other damages to person or property.
Such report shall not relieve the user of any fines, civil penalties
or other liability which may be imposed by this Part or other applicable
law. This written report shall be signed by an authorized representative
of the user.
[Ord. 435, 3/17/1999, § 212]
A notice shall be permanently posted on the user's bulletin
board or other prominent place advising employees whom to call in
the event of a dangerous discharge. Employers shall insure that all
employees who may cause such a dangerous discharge to occur are advised
of the emergency notification procedures.